WEDNESDAY
March 9, 2016
FOURTH-PLACE FINISH AT STATE
Prospectors
lose, 46-34,
to Burns in
Thursday’s
Tuarter¿ nal
In fourth meeting, Burns’
size proves difference
Prospectors put
lid on Raiders
in ¿ nal seconds
in Friday game
By Sam Barbee
EO Media Group
The No. 3 Burns Hilanders and the No.
6 Grant Union Prospectors had met three
times previous to Thursday’s Tuarter¿ nals
state tournament game, and Burns took all
three.
Thursday was no different, with the Hi-
landers’ size causing problems all night en
route to a 46-34 result at Warberg Court in
Pendleton. Kori Pentzer and Mariah Moul-
ton led GU with nine points each.
“They did some things tonight,” GU
coach Mark Mosley said. “Their shots fell.
And our shooting just wasn’t there tonight.”
Burns point forward Catherine Clem-
ens gave the Prospectors ¿ ts all night. The
6-foot junior scored 19 points and grabbed
15 rebounds, ¿ ve of which were on the of-
fensive glass. As a team, Burns snatched 18
offensive rebounds to Grant Union’s nine.
Clemens and Madison Carson grabbed 30
rebounds as a team. Grant Union had 31.
“We talked about that all week. We said,
‘We have to box out, and we have to re-
bound,’” Mosley said. “We jump well. They
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
See LOSS, Page B8
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kori Pentzer (23), of Grant Union, goes up for a shot against Catherine
Clemens (10), of Burns, Thursday evening during a state 2A quarterfinal game
at Pendleton High School.
Grit earns Grant Union girls
fourth at state championship
Grant Union, 41
Imbler, 30
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kenzie Wilson (12), of Grant
Union, goes up for a shot during
Thursday’s 2A quarterfinal game
against Burns at Pendleton High
School.
PENDLETON — The Grant Union Pros-
pector girls played to their strengths last Satur-
day, earning a fourth-place trophy with a 41-30
victory over the Imbler Panthers at the OSAA
2A Girls Basketball State Championships.
On their way to fourth place, the Lady Pros
lost to Burns 34-46 on March 3, then beat the
Lost River Raiders 41-37 on March 4, before
following up with their ¿ nal win.
Grant Union head coach Mark Mosley, who
has led the team for three years, said his team
averaged 25-point wins over the season.
But, at the state tournament, “every game you’re
in is a scrappy battle that goes down to the wire,”
he said.
Mosley said that would characterize their
¿ nal two games with Lost River and Imbler.
“It was a good challenge and learning ex-
perience for us to be in those close games and
win them in the end,” he added.
Grant Union beat Imbler twice in the reg-
ular season, and again at the Wapiti District
Tournament. However, Mosley said the Pan-
thers showed improvement.
“The key for them was our ball pressure —
that eventually, through the course of a game,
takes a toll,” he said. “That added pressure in
See FOURTH, Page B8
PENDLETON — Crunch time brought
out the best in Prospector Kori Pentzer of-
fensively as she broke through a 37-37 tie
against Lost River, leading Grant Union to
a 41-37 win in Friday’s consolation round
at the OSAA Girls Basketball State Cham-
pionships.
Pentzer led both teams in scoring, with
25 points in the game, played at the Pend-
leton Convention Center. Class 2A Grant
Union lost a tough 34-46 battle to Burns in
the Tuarter¿ nals the previous night in which
Pentzer was out of the game with an injury
early in the fourth quarter.
Lost River’s only lead last Friday was
when Pirate player Rachel Parks sank a
two-point bucket at the start of the game.
Grant Union pushed ahead, 17-8 in the
¿ rst, helped by Pentzer with nine points,
Samantha Brock and Mariah Moulton with
one three-pointer each and a two-pointer
from Heather Mosley.
The Prospectors outshot the Raiders
12-8 in the second. Then Lost River rallied
in the third, trailing Grant Union by just
four points.
Grant Union held their slim lead in the
fourth until Parks’ three-point shot tied
the score 37-37 with just 2:18 left in the
game.
Pentzer saved the Prospectors from
overtime when she hit two from the free-
throw line with 30 seconds left.
Down to 4.8 seconds on the clock,
Pentzer went two of two at the line again.
The stats
Grant Union vs. Lost River
points/rebounds/steals/assists
Kori Pentzer: 25/6/4/1
Mariah Moulton: 9/5/0/1
Heather Mosley: 4/6/1/0
Samantha Brock: 3/3/0/2
Kenzie Wilson: 0/4/2/3
Kaylee Wright: 0/1/1/0
Grant Union shot 81.3 percent at the free-throw line, with
Pentzer scoring 13 of 15 for the 16 attempts in the game.
7he team was 28.6 percent on 2-point ¿ elG goals anG
30.8 percent on 3-pointers.
Grant Union Gold dancers steppin’ it up
Last year’s
Level 2
dance team
performs
at the 2015
Spring
Showcase.
Dance team
spins challenges
into strengths
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The 2A
Grant Union Gold dance team
is perfecting its routine for state
dance competition, improving
precision in each detail.
The team will share its per-
formance, choreographed to
“Paper Light Revisited” by Lo-
reen, during the annual Spring
Showcase held at 7 p.m. Friday
at Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School.
Competing in a routine that
features hip hop, lyrical and
jazz styles throughout the piece,
Grant Union will perform at the
State Dance Championships
with 1A through 4A teams in
Portland on March 18-19 at the
Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Eagle/
Angel
Carpenter
Spring Showcase to
feature electrifying talent
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
The Grant Union Gold dance team works on a routine during their Feb. 10
practice at the Grant Union Junior-Senior High School gym. The team is led by
head coach Shannon Adair and assistant coach Jessica Moore.
Grant Union Gold’s head
coach of 19 years, Shannon
Adair, announced she’ll retire
from leading the team at the
close of the season, and this
will also be her last year coor-
dinating the showcase.
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“I will still be around to
assist when needed,” she said.
“I have several students in the
program that I have coached
over the years, and I am excit-
ed to watch their progress as
they come up through the high
school program.”
This year’s varsity roster in-
cludes ¿ ve freshmen, one soph-
omore, one junior and three
seniors.
See DANCERS, Page B8
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By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Prepare
to be entertained, the ev-
er-popular Spring Show-
case with its variety of
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dance performances will
be held at 7 p.m. Friday
at the Grant Union Ju-
nior-Senior High School
new gym.
Admission is by dona-
tion, with proceeds ben-
efiting the varsity dance
team’s trip to the March
18-19 OSAA State Dance
Championships.
See SHOWCASE, Page B8
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